Bastille Day

[Will E Worm]

Bastille Day 2009: What to Do - Today Is/Was July 14, 2009

It's Bastille Day 2009, or as they call Bastille Day in French, Fete Nationale or the more literal le quatorze juillet. It's the day that marked the storming of the oppressant Bastille prison and the beginning of the French Revolution. Unlike July 4th in the U.S. where Americans tell each other Happy July 4th, people don't typically walk around Paris saying Happy Bastille Day. They do have a morning parade and nighttime fireworks. However, Americans love any reason to party so there are some Bastille Day events and ways for you to be French for a day and celebrate.

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Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebration
late Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The Eiffel Tower was built 120 years ago.

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[marquis2]

It was a strange affair , there were only 7 prisoners and some of them were noblemen.it was only defended by a small number of retired veterans and a handful of Swiss mercenaries.It was by no means as bad as most other prisons in Paris at the time.What of course it did have was stocks of gunpowder.

 

[Neutron66]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7yxA9vt2-c

 

[Miner69r]

The start of the French revolution

 

[tiger1977]

French bastards...couldn't handle Robespierre & the Reign of Terror I guess.